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STAMNI. 273
(a) Judgment of Paris. Beneath the 1. handle of the vase a rough
irregular mass of the same height as the figures is left red, and marked
with brown brush-marks, indicating Mount Ida. At the foot of it a ram stands
to r. Towards this, Paris, a wreathed youth in bordered himation, with chelys
in 1. hand and r. hand pressed to side, moves rapidly ; he turns to look at Hermes,
who strides forward and seizes him by the r. shoulder, touching his back with
the caduceus, of which the spiked butt-end only is seen ; Hermes is bearded and
wreathed, and has long hair looped up behind, with one hanging lock (parotis),
a short chiton, bordered chlamys, petasos hanging at his back, and talaria laced
and winged ; on the heel of each is a dotted circle. Behind him come the god-
desses ; first, Hera, wearing sleeved chiton, a mantle fastened on her 1. shoulder,
on her head a calathos decorated with four horizontal patterns : she carries her
sceptre (the ends not shown) on her 1. arm, and raises her open r. with a
gesture of encouragement to Paris. Next, Athene, in long chiton with apo-
ptygma, mantle, aegis dotted, with fringe of snakes, and dotted taenia tied in
a bow at the back of her head ; her long hair hangs loose like that of Hera,
but the ends arc passed through a knotted cloth (?) ; she carries her spear
horizontally in her 1. ; her r. hand, passing across her body, is wanting ; she turns
to look at Aphrodite, whose body is cut in two by the space left under the
handle ; she wears a long sleeved chiton, a mantle, and a radiated stephane, and
holds up in her r. a flower towards her face. Her long hair hangs loose down
her back.
[For the head-dress of Hera, cf. Gerhard, Ant. Bildiv. pi. 43.]
(b) Poseidon, Nike and Dionysos. Poseidon on the 1., with a long sleeved
chiton and mantle, long beard and hair falling to his shoulders, holding dolphin
in 1. and a long trident resting against his 1. shoulder, holds out in his r. a phiale
to be filled by Nike, who moves towards him, holding up an oinochoe in her r. ;
in her 1. hand is a circular disk, shaded in thinned brown (probably a phiale).
Her wings are spread on each side, and she has a long Ionic chiton with
apoptygma, undergirt, a necklace with cruciform pendant, and a fillet looping
up her hair behind. On the r. Dionysos, bearded, wreathed with ivy, with long
wavy hair, long sleeved chiton and mantle, moves away to r., looking back ;
on his 1. arm he holds a thyrsos, in his 1. hand a cantharos (part destroyed)
which he carries by one handle in a horizontal position. Dionysos and Poseidon
have the lips parted, as if they were speaking.
[Gerhard, loc. cit. refers (b) to the strife of Poseidon and Dionysos at Naxos, alluded to by
Plutarch, Synip. ix. 6 : (noa-eiSSca) rjTTajj.ivov iroWaKis . . . iv Na£ca Be virb Aiovvuov, and
quotes a coin of Tenos in which both gods appear in a common temple. But in this scene, of
the two, Dionysos has certainly the air of defeat, Poseidon of the victor.]
E 446. STAMNOS. Ht. 13J in. Capua. Castellani, 1873. Late stage of strong style, figures
elongated, action vigorous. The hair and beard in some cases have dotted edges ; the chiton
of Clyta;mncstra is arranged in symmetrical sets of four folds together. Purple fillets, brown
markings. Eye in profile. Below, a band of maeander ; round the shoulder, tongue pattern ;
round the lip, egg pattern. Below and above the handles, an elaborate palmctte pattern.
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(a) Judgment of Paris. Beneath the 1. handle of the vase a rough
irregular mass of the same height as the figures is left red, and marked
with brown brush-marks, indicating Mount Ida. At the foot of it a ram stands
to r. Towards this, Paris, a wreathed youth in bordered himation, with chelys
in 1. hand and r. hand pressed to side, moves rapidly ; he turns to look at Hermes,
who strides forward and seizes him by the r. shoulder, touching his back with
the caduceus, of which the spiked butt-end only is seen ; Hermes is bearded and
wreathed, and has long hair looped up behind, with one hanging lock (parotis),
a short chiton, bordered chlamys, petasos hanging at his back, and talaria laced
and winged ; on the heel of each is a dotted circle. Behind him come the god-
desses ; first, Hera, wearing sleeved chiton, a mantle fastened on her 1. shoulder,
on her head a calathos decorated with four horizontal patterns : she carries her
sceptre (the ends not shown) on her 1. arm, and raises her open r. with a
gesture of encouragement to Paris. Next, Athene, in long chiton with apo-
ptygma, mantle, aegis dotted, with fringe of snakes, and dotted taenia tied in
a bow at the back of her head ; her long hair hangs loose like that of Hera,
but the ends arc passed through a knotted cloth (?) ; she carries her spear
horizontally in her 1. ; her r. hand, passing across her body, is wanting ; she turns
to look at Aphrodite, whose body is cut in two by the space left under the
handle ; she wears a long sleeved chiton, a mantle, and a radiated stephane, and
holds up in her r. a flower towards her face. Her long hair hangs loose down
her back.
[For the head-dress of Hera, cf. Gerhard, Ant. Bildiv. pi. 43.]
(b) Poseidon, Nike and Dionysos. Poseidon on the 1., with a long sleeved
chiton and mantle, long beard and hair falling to his shoulders, holding dolphin
in 1. and a long trident resting against his 1. shoulder, holds out in his r. a phiale
to be filled by Nike, who moves towards him, holding up an oinochoe in her r. ;
in her 1. hand is a circular disk, shaded in thinned brown (probably a phiale).
Her wings are spread on each side, and she has a long Ionic chiton with
apoptygma, undergirt, a necklace with cruciform pendant, and a fillet looping
up her hair behind. On the r. Dionysos, bearded, wreathed with ivy, with long
wavy hair, long sleeved chiton and mantle, moves away to r., looking back ;
on his 1. arm he holds a thyrsos, in his 1. hand a cantharos (part destroyed)
which he carries by one handle in a horizontal position. Dionysos and Poseidon
have the lips parted, as if they were speaking.
[Gerhard, loc. cit. refers (b) to the strife of Poseidon and Dionysos at Naxos, alluded to by
Plutarch, Synip. ix. 6 : (noa-eiSSca) rjTTajj.ivov iroWaKis . . . iv Na£ca Be virb Aiovvuov, and
quotes a coin of Tenos in which both gods appear in a common temple. But in this scene, of
the two, Dionysos has certainly the air of defeat, Poseidon of the victor.]
E 446. STAMNOS. Ht. 13J in. Capua. Castellani, 1873. Late stage of strong style, figures
elongated, action vigorous. The hair and beard in some cases have dotted edges ; the chiton
of Clyta;mncstra is arranged in symmetrical sets of four folds together. Purple fillets, brown
markings. Eye in profile. Below, a band of maeander ; round the shoulder, tongue pattern ;
round the lip, egg pattern. Below and above the handles, an elaborate palmctte pattern.
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